ex-ETHEREAL vs. Sprout, Preview & Prediction - Free 2/12 CS:GO

Sprout is a firm favorite in this Best of 1 encounter when they meet ex-ETHEREAL in the Group D opening match of the European Development Championship 2 on Friday. Alongside ex-ETHEREAL and Sprout, forZe and Lyngby Vikings are also playing in this group.

ex-ETHEREAL Team Stats and Latest Results

ex-ETHEREAL closed 2020 with a couple of wins over VP.Prodigy and Lyngby Vikings at the Vulkan Fight Series 2020, but opened this year with a 2-0 defeat to HellRaisers at the same tournament. They qualified for the European Development Championship 2 thanks to three victories over BEE, Nexus, and Tricked, without dropping a single map along the way. ex-ETHEREAL won seven of the previous ten matches.

During the last three months, ex-ETHEREAL was excellent on Mirage (85.7% win rate) and decent on Train (70.0%), while they failed to get a victory on Train (played once) and were below average on Nuke (43.8%). ex-ETHEREAL will be playing with a new lineup after KaiR0N-, KENSI, and zorte left. The current team members are PASHANOJ (0.93 rating), R0b3n (1.04), FinigaN (1.00), BELCHONOKK (1.00), and MagickSTI (0.86).

Sprout Team Stats and Latest Results

Sprout has been quite active early in 2021 and they already won two tournaments: the UNITED Pro Series Winter 2020 and ESL Meisterschaft Autumn 2020, defeating ALTERNATE aTTax and BIG in the Grand Final, respectively. Their latest game was a surprising loss in the opening round of the playoffs at the Snow Sweet Snow 1 to ENCE. Sprout won just 11 rounds in a loss. Sprout won 14 of the previous 20 matches.

In the previous three months, Sprout played very well on Nuke (75.0%) and Dust2 (64.3%), while they were below average only on Vertigo (40.0%). Sprout assembled its current squad in January 2021 and appeared on 43 maps with a record of 25 wins and 18 losses. The lineup consists of Spiidi (1.07), denis (1.00), kressy (1.06), faveN (1.20), and slaxz- (1.15).

ex-ETHEREAL vs. Sprout H2H Record

These rivals have never met before.

ex-ETHEREAL vs. Sprout Betting Preview

Despite a shocking defeat to ENCE and ex-ETHEREAL’s decent form of late, I think Sprout will not have any problems getting a win here. It is a Best of 1 encounter, so we have limited betting options. Still, Sprout should display its quality over ex-ETHEREAL and win by at least four rounds, so I am backing them to cover a -3.5 spread.

The Pick: Sprout -3.5 Round Handicap (-132 @GG.BET)